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The '''English Horn''' (''Cor Anglais'' in French) is a musical instrument in the double-[[reed]] family.  It is very similar to the [[oboe]], but plays in a lower octave, in the key of F - the same as the [[French Horn]].  

The '''English Horn''' (also commonly called the ''Cor Anglais]]) is a musical instrument in the double-[[reed]] family.  It is the tenor of the [[oboe]] family - in the key of F, a fifth below the oboe - the same as the [[French Horn]].  

English Horns were not common in orchestral works until the expanded symphonic [[orchestra]] of [[Richard Wagner]]. In modern times, the instrument's frequency of occurrence in works has remained stagnant, although several famous works feature it prominently, such as the second movement (the ''Largo'') from [[Antonin Dvorak]]'s ninth symphony, ''From the New World.''

English Horns were not common in orchestral works until the expanded symphonic [[orchestra]] of [[Richard Wagner]]. In modern times, the instrument's frequency of occurrence in works has remained stagnant, although several famous works feature it prominently, such as the second movement (the ''Largo'') from [[Antonin Dvorak]]'s ninth symphony, ''From the New World.'' It is used where a degree of plaintive stillness is required as in [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]' ''Swan or Tuonela'' or some of the more pastoral passages of [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], notably ''In the Fen Country''.

[[Category: Wind Instruments]]

[[Category: Wind Instruments]]